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1, 1. ALLMAND. uw THOUGH mn AUTOMOBILES. APPLICATION FELED APiR. l24 1918 ziun'vd .l une 2i, 12H0.

ffyi' wm 4 A @Mmmm ATTORNEY lul JNDI-IN 'l'. ALLMAND, F DETRIT, ltlllIClFllGlltlll', ASSXGNOR T0 FISHER BOTJY CURPURA'JDDN, 0F DETROIT, MCHIGAN, .llt CORPORATION 0l? :NEW Yldll/lf.

RIP-'TRUGH 'FR AUTllLt'lEIItLIlES.

Application filed April l2, 191i?.

To nl] 'whom it muy conne/11.

lie it known 'that l. dorm 'lh Amit-mn. a citizen ot the llnited rltates. residing at Den troit. in the County ol ll'ayne and blt-ate ot lllicl'ligan, have invented a new and useflul lm n'ovement in Dri `)flrouehs tor )tutomo-A biles. ot which the follbwing is a speeilieation.

This invention relates to drip troughs for autmnobile closed bodies. llt has been the practice heretoforeto form these troughs out ot strips ot wood and nail them to the top of the body. Troughs have also been formed of aluminum which has been squirt-ed into suitable dies to get the required and desired shape.

Vlhe object of this invention is to provide a suitable trough that can be made on drawing dies from a skelp. lts purpose. is to secure all the advantages of an aluminum strip made in the way deseribed and much cheaper' and stronger.

ln the drawings* am Figure l is a. side elevation of a` closed automobile body.

Fig. 2 is a cross seetion of the improved drip trough. i

it drip trough in elosed automobili-e bodies is now generally used at the two sides and tront to preventobjeetionable drii'iping' of the water trom the top ot' an automobile at places where it will intertere with the comtort ot the persons using' the ear or `will drive into the ear windows. Such a trough is shown in Fig. l and designated (1.

ln Fig'. 2- the configuration ot the trough will be apparent. lt is made ot heavy steel stock such as used in windshield tubing. which is strontr and not easilj7 liable. to be dented when subjected to an accidental blow. Such stock is not to be confused with the ordinary sheet metal used with eave troughs, which is easily bent into the, required shape but which is so easily dented to be wholly out ot' the question t'or use as a drip trough for automobile bodies.

A steel strip sueh as used in windshield strips is used and will be termed a skelp7 which is a name often used to designate the Speecaton of Letters Patent.

Paten-ted dune wil. lltllllll.

Serial No. 223,524@

stock outl ot' which tubing` is made. rl`his skelp is passed through suitable dies or dies and rollers to glrzullulll)v draw it and gather it into the shape shown in Fig. rl'he one side of the skelp is bent into a trough with a cori-ligation b in its bottom. while the other side ot' the trough 'l'orms a vertical webbingl which is two or three times as high as the trough itself and which is l'olded upon itselll as shown at e, e t'or the purpose of giving' s engrth to the web and more espeeialljt7 tor eriving;a a suitable thickness which willallow the screw hole to have the proper depth ot eountersinking;- to take the ordinarj.T screw head. 'llfhe shape ot' the trough is in eross seetion roughly an l... llhis allows the screw head to have itsl outer surface flush or even sunk beneath the outer sur'laee ofthe web so that when the painting job is done on the. ear the screws will be practicalljvf covered up and invisible.

The upwardli7 projecting` cori-ligation in the bottom of the. trough not oni)7 makes a better looking trough but it is obviously stronger. llt also tends to break the continu- `itv ot' the bottom in sueh a watY as to prevent the water in the trough shipping over b v nuunentum secured in the periodie` vibration ot' the swinging ot' the ear.

lll/'hat ll claim is:

l. .l drip trough for automobiles. oomprising' a skelp ot relatively7 heavy metal formed at one side into a trough with a eorrllg'ated bottomthe corrugation runningI long'itudinalli7 of the trough and at the opposite side 'formed into a strip doubled upon itself which can be attached to thevside ol an automobile to term a hanger for the trough.

il. 4drip trough, comprising a heavy metal skelp formed into a trough portion and a hanger portion, the hanger portion heineY Jformed by one side ot the trough eon tinued up above the trough and doubled baek uponv itself to give thickness tor counter-sinking' screw heads.

lin witness whereot'l have hereunto set my hand on the th da)r ot rllpril.. 1918.

JUHN T. rllLlllftNl).

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